EL
NC Standards RI.4.1, RI.4.3, RI.4.10, W.4.5, W.4.6, and L.4.2. Stu-
dents apply what they have learned about reading and analyzing informational texts to
answer selected response questions about what happened and why in a new informational
text. They then use the text to research to find out more about the Patriots, gathering
information on a note-catcher, to write an informative paragraph about who the Patriots were
and what they believed.
NC Standards RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.10, and L.4.1.
Students apply what they have learned about reading and analyzing informational texts to
answer selected response questions about the main idea and overall structure of a new
informational text. They then summarize the text.
NC Standards RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.10, RF.4.4, SL.4.1,
SL.4.4, and L.4.4 and has two parts. In Part I, students read Act II, Scene III of Divided
Loyalties and answer selected response and short constructed response questions about the
text. They also write a descriptive paragraph about the character Mary in this scene of the
play. In Part II, after closely reading a line of the Declaration of Independence, students
participate in a text-based discussion during which they respond to the question, “In your
opinion, what would the characters in Divided Loyalties think of this line? Would they agree
with the ideas in this excerpt?Why or why not?”
NC Standards RL.4.1, RL.4.3, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.9, RF.4.4, W.4.3, and L.4.1. In
Part I, students write a short first person narrative explaining in detail what a character from Divided Loyalties is
thinking and feeling at a specific point in a scene. In Part II, students answer selected response and short answer
questions about literary texts.
NC Standards RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.8, and RI.4.10. Students apply what they have learned
about reading and analyzing opinion texts to answer selected response and short answer questions about how an
author supports a point with reasons and evidence.
NC Standards RI.4.9, W.4.1, and L.4.1 and has two parts. In Part I, students demonstrate
what they have learned about writing an opinion piece by drafting a broadside from the Loyalist perspective. In
Part II, students apply what they have learned about linking words, prepositional phrases, and frequently
confused words to revise and edit the broadside. In an optional Part III, students answer selected response questions
about prepositional phrases and frequently confused words.
Math
Unit 6: Making Connections to Decimal Notation NC.4.NF.6, NC.4.NF.7
Unit 7: Understanding Operations of Fractions & Decimals NC.4.NF.3, NC.4.NF.4, NC.4.NF.6
Unit 8: Applying Geometric Concepts NC.4.G.1, NC.4.G.2
Science
Matter, Rocks, and Minerals
4.P.2
4.P.2.1
4.P.2.2
4.P.2.3
Earth Changing History
4.E.2
4.E.2.1
4.E.2.2
4.E.2.3
Earth's Patterns and Its Moon
4.E.1
4.E.1.1
4.E.1.2
SS
Civics and Government Unit
4.C&G.1 Understand the development, structure and function of North Carolina government.
4.C&G.1.1 Summarize the key principles and revisions of the North Carolina Constitution.
4.C&G.1.2 Compare the roles and responsibilities of state elected leaders.
4.C&G.1.3 Explain the influence of the colonial history of North Carolina on the governing documents of our state.
4.C&G.1.4 Compare North Carolina’s government with local governments.
4.C&G.2 Analyze the North Carolina Constitution.
4.C&G.2.1 Analyze the preamble and articles of the North Carolina Constitution in terms of rights and responsibilities.
4.C&G.2.2 Give examples of rights and responsibilities of citizens according to North Carolina Constitution.
4.C&G.2.3 Differentiate between rights and responsibilities reflected in the North Carolina Constitution.